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Hackers harpoon US executives with phony email subpoenas 5 May 08, 22:35 ET AFP - US federal court officials have warned that hackers are emailing phony subpoenas embedded with malicious software to high-ranking executives to steal valuable corporate information. more Samsung, Intel, TSMC to work on next-gen chip format 5 May 08, 22:19 ET Reuters - Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), the world's top maker of memory chips, on Tuesday said it would cooperate with top rivals Intel and TSMC (2330.TW) to develop next-generation bigger silicon wafers to boost efficiency in chip manufacturing. more Ruckus Sues Netgear Over Wi-Fi 5 May 08, 21:50 ET PC World - Ruckus Wireless has sued Netgear, alleging the networking vendor infringed its patents on technology for improving Wi-Fi... more Industry Ready for 450mm Wafers, Exec Says 5 May 08, 21:50 ET PC World - The next big step in chip manufacturing will be the industry's move from 300mm wafers to 450mm wafers, which should help chip... more With Determina, VMware Drops Fortress Mentality 5 May 08, 21:10 ET PC World - VMware says it's received a bad rap when it comes to security. more Chip Makers Plot Shift to Larger Silicon Wafers 5 May 08, 20:30 ET PC World - Chip makers Intel, Samsung Electronics and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. announced Monday that they will collaborate... more Yahoo stock slips as buyout talks end; Google may be winner 5 May 08, 19:07 ET AP - Yahoo Inc.'s stock took a beating Monday after Microsoft Corp. withdrew its $47.5 billion takeover bid, but the punishment wasn't as severe as many analysts anticipated because investors suspect the rivals eventually will renew their mating dance. more Qwest Drops Sprint for Verizon 5 May 08, 19:00 ET PC World - Qwest Communications International will resell Verizon Wireless mobile service, ending a five-year deal with Sprint Nextel. more Qwest drops Sprint in favor of Verizon Wireless 5 May 08, 18:43 ET AP - Qwest Communications International Inc. will stop reselling Sprint Nextel Corp.'s wireless service and move its subscribers to Verizon Wireless' network, Qwest said Monday. more Sprint Nextel silent on report of DT mulling bid 5 May 08, 18:40 ET AP - Sprint Nextel Corp. was silent about its future Monday as reports emerged that the company was considering spinning off or selling Nextel and that Deutsche Telekom AG was investigating a bid to buy the struggling wireless provider. more Walking away could turn out best for Yahoo and Microsoft 5 May 08, 18:01 ET AP - Sure, things look rough for Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. after they couldn't agree on a deal. Yahoo's stock has cratered, and its would-be suitor has to figure out another way to catch up in the online ad market, a flaw so big Microsoft was willing to pay $47.5 billion to fix it. more Amazon's CreateSpace Puts Out-Of-Print Music Back On The Market 5 May 08, 17:40 ET TechWeb - The online retailer works with Sony BMG, and EMI Music to make hundreds of out-of-print albums available, such as the upcoming title in KCRW's "Sounds Eclectic" series. more Report: Sprint Thinking of Spinning off Nextel 5 May 08, 16:40 ET PC World - Sprint Nextel is looking at selling or spinning off its Nextel unit, after acquiring it less than three years ago, according... more Sun cites open source tribulations 5 May 08, 16:30 ET InfoWorld - Sun Microsystems officials on Monday acknowledged issues the company has had to deal with in offering products such as the OpenSolaris OS and Java via an open source business model. more Qwest signs wireless deal with Verizon 5 May 08, 16:29 ET Reuters - U.S. phone company Qwest Communications International Inc and Verizon Wireless said on Monday they signed a five-year agreement for the landline provider to sell Verizon's mobile phone services. more IBM technology strategy and hardware execs retiring 5 May 08, 16:06 ET Reuters - Two of IBM's most senior executives, technology strategy chief Nick Donofrio and hardware chief Bill Zeitler, will retire later this year, an IBM memo showed on Monday. more Longtime IBM executives Donofrio, Zeitler to retire 5 May 08, 15:50 ET AP - Two longtime IBM Corp. executives are retiring, prompting the technology company to reshuffle its top ranks. more US to Investigate PC Power Supply Trade Complaint 5 May 08, 15:10 ET PC World - The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has launched an investigation of 14 companies importing PC power supplies into... more T-Mobile eyes 25 U.S. high-speed markets in '08 5 May 08, 15:00 ET Reuters - T-Mobile USA, the No. 4 U.S. mobile service, said on Monday it launched its first commercial high-speed wireless service in New York City, and plans to expand the service to 20 to 25 other major U.S. markets by the end of the year. more Report: DT mulling bid for Sprint Nextel 5 May 08, 14:11 ET AP - Deutsche Telekom AG is considering a bid for Sprint Nextel Corp., according to a media report Monday. more WTO gives Japan until September to change chip import rules 5 May 08, 13:28 ET AP - The World Trade Organization is giving Japan until Sept. 1 to change its punitive charges on imports of South Korean computer memory chips. more T-Mobile brings 3G wireless to NYC; other markets to follow 5 May 08, 13:24 ET AP - T-Mobile USA has fired up its third-generation wireless network in the U.S., announcing Monday that it's now live in New York City - though few phones can use it. more US, EU asked to reconsider biofuel goals as food prices rise 5 May 08, 13:09 ET AP - The U.S. and European Union should reconsider a shift to biofuels that has helped increase food prices worldwide by turning agricultural land over to energy crops, American economist Jeffrey Sachs said Monday. more AP launches news service geared for iPhone 5 May 08, 10:42 ET AP - The Associated Press and more than 100 of its member newspapers are launching a service Monday that will make news stories available on Apple Inc.'s iPhone and other mobile devices. more Google Takes Down Open-source Project After DMCA Complaint 5 May 08, 07:00 ET PC World - Google has removed an open-source project that enables the proprietary CoreAVC high-definition video decoder to run in Linux... more Stupid hacker tricks, part two: The folly of youth 5 May 08, 06:00 ET InfoWorld - Ah, youth. Ready to take on the world, today's generation of dynamic, tech-immersed youngsters have grown up alongside the Internet. Firsthand, and sometimes single-handedly, they have advanced some of today's hottest technology trends, from peer-to-peer networking, to massively multiplayer online games, to social networks and instant messaging. And along the way, a small, sociopathic number of them have behaved very, very badly. more

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